Like many young women, Samantha Futerman has made a hobby out of posting videos of herself on YouTube. She uploads videos somewhat frequently, as she hopes to work in film one day. She never expected that YouTube videos would shape her life in the way they did: they helped her track down the twin she never knew she had.
Anais Bordier saw Samantha’s videos and was struck by their identical appearances. She reached out to Samantha on Facebook, and soon the two young women were making plans to meet in person. They compared their adoption records and saw that they were both born in Korea on the same day, but neither set of documents mentioned a twin. A DNA test revealed that they were identical twins.
The girls have a surprisingly optimistic perspective of their situation. They have no desire to track down their birth mother, and both claim to have been raised by wonderful families. They are proof of the power of genetics. They have the same mannerisms and quirky sense of humor. During their first meeting, they found themselves letting their guards down and chatting as if they had known each other forever. Despite growing up in different countries, they immediately discovered that they had more in common besides their matching appearances.
Samantha put her passion for film to good use by making a documentary about her and her sister. As adoptees, they both feel blessed to have found someone with whom they can share the bond that only siblings experience.